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Hector Berlioz, France’s greatest Romantic composer, exemplifies the spirit of his age – yet his genius was also ahead of its time.
Reflecting his colourful life, his music is astonishing for its originality and ambition, and for orchestration of groundbreaking brilliance.
This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. The accompanying booklet, lavishly illustrated, contains a fascinating commentary from Berlioz biographer David Cairns, whose words bring the composer’s music still more vividly to
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Works on This Recording
2.
Waverley Overture, Op. 1 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; France
3.
Le roi Lear Overture, Op. 4 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; France
4.
Rob Roy Overture by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; France
5.
Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Mariss Jansons
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843-1844; France
6.
Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; France
7.
Les troyens: Trojan March by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Louis Frémaux
Orchestra/Ensemble:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856-1858; France
8.
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Jean Martinon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra,
French National Radio Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; France
9.
Lélio, Op. 14bis by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Nicolai Gedda (Tenor),
Charles Burles (Tenor),
Marie-Claire Jamet (Harp)
Conductor:
Jean Martinon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra,
French National Radio Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831-1832; France
10.
Harold en Italie, Op. 16 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Donald McInnes (Viola)
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1834; France
Date of Recording: 11/1976
Venue: Salle Wagram, Paris
Length: 43 Minutes 34 Secs.
11.
Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano),
John Aler (Tenor)
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Westminster Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1839; France
13.
Rêverie et caprice for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Renaud Capuçon (Violin)
Conductor:
Daniel Harding
Orchestra/Ensemble:
German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen
Period: Romantic
Written: 1841; France
Date of Recording: 2000
Venue: Gutsscheune Stuhr-Varrel, Bremen
Length: 8 Minutes 40 Secs.
14.
Fugue, H. 22 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Matthieu Baboulène-fossey (Organ)
20.
Le dépit de la bergère by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Elsa Dreisig (Soprano),
Jeff Cohen (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1819; France
21.
Nocturne by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Françoise Pollet (Soprano),
Göran Söllscher (Guitar)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1825-30; France
22.
Le maure jaloux by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
John Aler (Tenor),
Cord Garben (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1818-22; France
23.
Amitié, reprends ton empire by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Françoise Pollet (Soprano),
Thomas Allen (Baritone),
Cord Garben (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1818-22; France
24.
Canon libre à la quinte by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Françoise Pollet (Soprano),
Cord Garben (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1818-22; France
25.
Le montagnard exilé by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Françoise Pollet (Soprano),
Christine Muhlbach (Harp),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1822-23; France
26.
Pleure, pauvre Colette by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Anne Murray (Mezzo Soprano),
Felicity Lott (Soprano),
Graham Johnson (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1818-22; France
28.
La révolution grecques by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Laurent Naouri (Baritone),
Nicolas Rivenq (Baritone)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra,
Les Elements Chamber Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825-1826; France
29.
Herminie by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; France
30.
La mort d'Orphée by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra,
Les Elements Chamber Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; France
31.
La mort de Cléopâtre by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor:
Louis Langrée
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon National Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; France
32.
Scènes (8) de Faust, Op. 1 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Angelika Kirchschlager (Mezzo Soprano),
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor),
Frédéric Caton (Bass),
Claude Zibi (Guitar)
Conductor:
Yutaka Sado
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra,
Radio France Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828-1829; France
33.
Le ballet des ombres, Op. 2 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
David Bismuth (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Les Elements Chamber Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; France
34.
La mort de Sardanapale by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lille National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; France
35.
Mélodies irlandaises (9), Op. 2 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Françoise Pollet (Soprano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Cord Garben (Piano),
Geoffrey Parsons (Piano),
Thomas Hampson (Baritone),
Laurent Naouri (Baritone),
Rolando Villazón (Tenor),
David Bismuth (Piano)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra,
Les Elements Chamber Choir
Notes: Includes 2nd version, Chant sacré, H. 44b.)
37.
La captive, Op. 12 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor:
Louis Langrée
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon National Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; France
38.
Les champs, Op. 19 no 2 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
John Aler (Tenor),
Cord Garben (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1834; France
39.
Je crois en vous by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Thomas Allen (Baritone),
Cord Garben (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1834; France
41.
Chansonette by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
John Aler (Tenor),
Cord Garben (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; France
42.
Le jeune pâtre breton, Op. 13 no 4 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Howard Crook (Tenor)
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1833; France
43.
Sara la baigneuse, Op. 11 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra,
Les Elements Chamber Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1834/1850; France
44.
Aubade, H 78a by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Howard Crook (Tenor)
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1839; France
45.
Les nuits d'été, Op. 7 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840-1841; France
46.
Les nuits d'été, Op. 7 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Catherine Robbin (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840-1841; France
47.
Le cinq mai, Op. 6 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Laurent Naouri (Baritone)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra,
Les Elements Chamber Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; France
48.
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Thomas Moser (Tenor),
Susan Graham (Soprano),
Frédéric Caton (Bass),
José van Dam (Bass)
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra,
Lyon Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; France
Language: French
50.
La belle Isabeau, Op. 19 no 5 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Cord Garben (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Stockholm Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845; France
55.
Prière du matin, Op. 19 no 4 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Peter Smith (Piano)
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Heinrich Schutz Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1848; France
56.
Vox populi by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Peter Smith (Piano)
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Heinrich Schutz Choir
57.
Le trébuchet, Op. 13 no 3 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone),
Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano),
Gerald Moore (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; France
58.
L'imperiale, Op. 26 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra,
Montreal Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1855; France
59.
Le Temple universel, Op. 28 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Ryland Davies (Tenor),
Peter Smith (Harmonium)
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Heinrich Schutz Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1861; France
60.
Le Temple universel, Op. 28 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
François-Xavier Roth
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Les Siècles,
Spirito,
Lyon Oratorio Choir
...
Period: Romantic
Written: 1861; France
Notes: (Orch. by Yves Chauris.)
61.
Messe solennelle by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Gilles Cachemaille (Bass),
Donna Brown (Soprano),
Jean-Luc Viala (Tenor)
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Monteverdi Choir,
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Period: Romantic
Written: 1824; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 10/1993
Venue: Live Westminster Cathedral, London
Length: 53 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: Latin
62.
Quartetto e coro dei maggi by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra,
Montreal Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; France
63.
Grande messe des morts, Op. 5 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Robert Tear (Tenor)
Conductor:
Louis Frémaux
Orchestra/Ensemble:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837; France
64.
Te Deum, Op. 22 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Roberto Alagna (Tenor),
Marie-Claire Alain (Organ)
Conductor:
John Nelson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Opera Children's Chorus,
Maitrise de Ste.-Marie d'Antony,
Paris Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; France
Date of Recording: 02/2000
Venue: Salle de la Mutualité, Paris, France
Length: 57 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: Latin
65.
L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Gilles Cachemaille (Baritone),
José van Dam (Bass),
Jules Bastin (Bass),
René Schirrer (Baritone),
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor),
Michel Fockenoy (Tenor)
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Monteverdi Choir,
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1850-1854; France
67.
Veni creator by Hector Berlioz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Les Elements Chamber Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; France
68.
Tantum ergo by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Frank Villars (Harmonium)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Les Elements Chamber Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1877-1888; France
69.
Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano),
Gregory Kunde (Tenor),
Jean-François Lapointe (Baritone),
Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano),
Laurent Naouri (Baritone),
Renaud Delaigue (Bass)
Conductor:
John Nelson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
French National Orchestra,
French Radio Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1834-1837; France
70.
La Nonne sanglante by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Vincent Le Texier (Baritone),
Véronique Gens (Soprano),
Mark Van Arsdale (Tenor)
Conductor:
Daniel Kawka
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestre OSE
71.
Béatrice et Bénédict by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Vincent le Texier (Bass),
Jean-Luc Viala (Tenor),
Sylvia McNair (Soprano),
Gabriel Bacquier (Bass),
Catherine Robbin (Mezzo Soprano),
Susan Graham (Soprano),
Gilles Cachemaille (Baritone),
Philippe Magnant (Spoken Vocals)
Conductor:
John Nelson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra,
Lyon Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1860-1862; France
Date of Recording: 03/1991
Venue: Maurice Ravel Auditorium, Lyon, France
Length: 111 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: French
72.
Les troyens by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Hanna Hipp (Mezzo Soprano),
Cyrille Dubois (Tenor),
Frédéric Caton (Bass),
Jérôme Varnier (Bass),
Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano),
Stèphane Degout (Baritone),
Agnieszka Slawinska (Soprano),
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Alto),
Richard Rittelmann (Baritone),
Michael Spyres (Tenor),
Bertrand Grunenwald (Bass),
Philippe Sly (Bass),
Jean Teitgen (Bass)
Conductor:
John Nelson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra,
Rhine Opera Chorus,
Strasbourg Philharmonic Chorus
...
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856-1858; France
73.
Chant de Neuf Thermidor by Claude-J Rouget de Lisle
Performer:
Tibère Raffalli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra,
Toulouse Capitole Chorus,
Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine
Notes: (arr. by H. Berlioz.)
74.
La Marseillaise (National Anthem of the French Republic) by Claude-J Rouget de Lisle
Performer:
Olivier Picard (Boy Soprano),
François Le Roux (Baritone),
Marcel Vanaud (Baritone)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra,
Toulouse Capitole Chorus,
Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine
Period: Classical
Written: 1792; France
Notes: (arr. by H. Berlioz.)
75.
Invitation to the Dance, in D flat major J 260/Op. 65 by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:
Robert Cordier (Cello)
Conductor:
André Cluytens
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Period: Romantic
Written: 1819; Dresden, Germany
Notes: (orch. by H. Berlioz.)
76.
Plaisir D'Amour by Jean Paul Egide Martini
Performer:
François Le Roux (Baritone)
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Notes: (orch. by H. Berlioz.)
77.
Der Erlkönig, D 328 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Stanislas De Barbeyrac (Tenor)
Conductor:
Laurence Equilbey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Insula Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1815; Vienna, Austria
Notes: (orch. for by H. Berlioz for voice and orchestra.)
78.
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Rhené-Baton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestre Des Concerts Pasdeloup
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; France
Date of Recording: 1924
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